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Microsoft said Thursday that its annual Build developer conference in Seattle, set to run from May 19-21, will be held online instead of in person, a Microsoft spokesperson told CNBC in an email. The change was made as the coronavirus continues to spread around the U.S.
CNBC
It's going to be an interesting year in gaming...
Tech Radar
Broadcom withdrew its revenue forecast for 2020 on Thursday, joining a host of chipmakers that have either cut or pulled their sales outlook due to demand and supply disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Reuters
Apple is reopening all 42 of its branded stores in China on Friday, a company spokesman said, more than a month after they were shut in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Reuters
France will authorize the use of some of Huawei's equipment in the rollout of its 5G network, two sources close to the matter told Reuters, despite U.S. calls to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant from the West's next-generation communications.
Reuters
President Donald Trump signed legislation on Thursday to bar telecom carriers from using U.S. subsidies to purchase network equipment from Huawei, ZTE and other companies deemed a national security threat.
Reuters
The maker of budget-friendly phones intends to keep up when it comes to network speeds.
CNET
Asian chipmakers and other high-tech manufacturers face a nearly $11 billion hit to profits in fiscal 2020 as the novel coronavirus outbreak saps both demand and their supply chains in China, according to research by Goldman Sachs.
Nikkei Asian Review
US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new travel restrictions on Europe in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus: all travel from Europe will be suspended for 30 days.
BBC News
CES Asia 2020 is among the latest major tech conferences to be axed after organizers pulled the plug on Mobile World Congress, SXSW and many more.
CNET
After infecting over 121,000 and causing more than 4,300 deaths, the World Health Organization declares the outbreak a pandemic.
CNET
IBM is commercializing a new technology that makes it easier for computers to understand human communication.
CNN
Whatever you touch with your hands - food, bacteria, dust - can be transferred to your cell phone, making it a mobile petri dish possibly teeming with germs. So there's a growing discussion about how to keep phones sanitized as the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to spread worldwide.
CNN
The European Commission said on Wednesday it will introduce new waste reduction targets and sustainability laws to ensure that products placed on the EU market are recyclable, repairable and designed to last longer, its latest plan to halve waste by 2030.
Reuters
A more traditional TV streaming experience than Chromecast
The Verge
A new Apple patent envisions bringing together two or more devices to act as one large, seamless display through sensor technology.
Digital Trends
Intel on Tuesday said EU antitrust regulators got it wrong when they fined the chipmaker 1.06 billion euros ($1.2 billion) more than a decade ago for thwarting a British rival in a case that could affect Google and Qualcomm.
Reuters
The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was extending a license allowing U.S. companies to continue doing business with China's Huawei Technologies until May 15.
Reuters
Europe's privacy rulebook does not create obstacles to taking action to curb the coronavirus epidemic but mass tracking of people's movements and contacts using smartphone location data would represent a clear violation.
Reuters
Xiaomi's 5G promise in 2020 starts with the Mi 10 series. Starting at approximately $570, you get a Snapdragon 865 chipset, 90Hz refresh rate, and a 108-megapixel main camera.
CNET
A new iOS 14 leak offers details on the iPhone 9, a new iPad Pro with a triple-lens camera and updates to the Apple TV.
CNET
The app could guide users through workouts and activities, a report says.
CNET
Concerns over the coronavirus outbreak sparked the decision to hold the P40 launch as a virtual event.
CNET
Is coronavirus delaying the release date of Intel's 10th Gen desktop CPUs?
Tom's Hardware Guide
It could warn you of the potential for heart attacks in some cases.
engadget
The Australian privacy regulator filed a lawsuit against Facebook accusing the social media giant of sharing the personal details of more than 300,000 people to market researcher Cambridge Analytica without their knowledge.
Reuters
Any hopes that the coronavirus-induced volatility that has slammed the markets recently could be overcome this week were dashed in dramatic fashion on Monday.
Fortune
Cypress Semiconductor said Monday that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) determined that there are no national security concerns with its proposed $10 billion takeover by German chipmaker Infineon Technologies.
Reuters
ON Semiconductor on Friday cut its first-quarter revenue outlook amid the fast-spreading coronavirus, sending its shares down 4% in premarket trading.
Reuters
'This is a challenging moment', Apple CEO tells employees
Bloomberg
China's exports plunged 17.2% in Jan./Feb. 2020.
Seeking Alpha
The chips are vulnerable during boot-up, so they can't be patched with a firmware update.
engadget
Apple's 2020 iPhone could be the one everyone's been waiting for according to analysts.
CNET
The Edge+ might also be headed to the US.
engadget
AMD reportedly heard about the Take A Way flaws several months ago.
engadget
This year, Samsung is putting a focus on audio quality
The Verge
The DOE and HPE are announcing the architectural details of the supercomputer, revealing that AMD will be providing both the CPUs and accelerators (GPUs), as well as revising the performance estimate for the supercomputer.
Anandtech
Executives from the companies tell lawmakers they have what it takes to build safe and secure US 5G networks.
CNET
I'm convinced of the value of bending screens, but there are more places I'd like to see them, like wearables, headsets and game consoles.
CNET
Analysts expect expanding 5G coverage and a rumored 5G iPhone to drive more demand in 2020.
CNET
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